Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 25 June 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Special Educational Needs: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
This is an important programme and I want it to succeed but I fear that the preparation has not happened and that many students and families who want to avail of it will not be able to access it and will be disappointed. They have had their hopes raised and I fear those hopes will be dashed. I hope I am wrong.
I want to ask a number of questions on some of the related issues. Some of the guidance in the document the schools received denotes that a particular section will be updated with public health advice in the coming days to facilitate summer provision in 2020. We are still waiting on a roadmap. When does the Department expect that to be provided? When will we see a roadmap for the return to full education for whatever education will look like in September?
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